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Two new families of the FtsZ-tubulin protein superfamily implicated in membrane remodeling in diverse bacteria and archaea

Kira S Makarova and Eugene V Koonin*

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National Center for Biotechnology Information, NLM, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA

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Biology Direct 2010, 5:33 doi:10.1186/1745-6150-5-33

Published: 7 May 2010

Additional files

Additional file 1:

Complete list of proteins that belong to FtsZ-like 1 and FtsZ-like 2 families. The data provided represent the list of all sequences that were found to belong FtsZl1 and FtsZ2 families.

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Additional file 2:

Multiple alignments of the FtsZ-tubulin superfamily proteins. The provided alignments support the analysis and description of A. FtsZ superfamily nucleotide-binding domain; B. FtsZl1 family; C. FtsZl2 family.

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Additional file 3:

The Newick format tree of the FtsZ-tubulin superfamily and results of bootstrap analysis. The provided Newick format tree allows one to view the tree presented on the Figure 2A using any tree-viewing program and to see the original RELL bootstrap analysis data.

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Additional file 4:

The Newick format tree of the FtsZl1 family and results of bootstrap analysis. The provided Newick format tree allows one to view the tree presented on the Figure 2B using any tree-viewing program and to see the original RELL bootstrap analysis data.

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Additional file 5:

Genomic neighborhoods of the FtsZl1 and FtsZl2 genes for a representative set of archaea and bacteria. The provided data give details for analysis shown in the Figure 2C.

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Additional file 6:

Uncharacterized putative components of the predicted FtsZl1-centered membrane remodeling system. The data represents the list and comments for gene families associated with FtsZl1 genes in archaeal and bacterial genomes.

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